The Cat's Pajamas

Saturday, May 25, 2013

I'm so excited to be a part of Operation Write Home's annual Memorial Day Blog Hop! There are literally over 100 individuals and companies participating in this weekend's tribute to our troops. We remember. We are thankful!

For my card, I chose to make a card to send TO one of our heros via the AnyHero Mail program. If I had my way, it would go to someone in the navy, in part because it just fits, and in part because my daddy served in the navy. So, I have a bit of a soft spot for them. :)

I began with a Kraft card base and a few strips of patterned paper from Authentique's Glory collection. That darling image is from the Aye Aye Captain set from The Cat's Pajamas. I die-cut the circle, air-brushed the background with my B32 (sky) & B39 (water) Copic markers. I stamped the image in Memento Espresso Truffle, colored it with Copic markers, hand-cut it, and popped it up with Dimensionals.

We all chose one of OWH's sketches as a jumping off place. Here's the sketch I chose:

I really like the sweet simplicity of this sketch. Check out the original post HERE.

***Edited to add: While I do appreciate your kind comments on "both cards", there is only ONE card in this post, friends. Here's a look at the INSIDE of my card (NOT a second card):

Inside the card, I added a couple more strips of patterned paper, stamped the images in Kraft ink, and stamped the sentiments in Electric Red ink. The sentiments are from a retired set from MFT.

Now you'll want to hop on over to the Operation Write Home blog for a list of links to all of the other blogs participating in today's hop. Enjoy! ...and don't forget to thank a hero today!